American college football season
The 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils were led by head coach David Cutcliffe , in his 13th year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina .
Previous season [ ] The Blue Devils finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division.
Schedule [ ] Duke had games scheduled against Charlotte , Elon , Middle Tennessee , and Wake Forest, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 12 2:30 p.m. at No. 10 Notre Dame NBC L 13–2710,097 September 19 12:00 p.m. Boston College ACCRSN L 6–260 (Behind closed doors) September 26 4:00 p.m. at Virginia ACCN L 20–380 (Behind closed doors) October 3 4:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 31–380 (Behind closed doors) October 10 12:30 p.m. at Syracuse ACCRSN W 38–240 (Behind closed doors) October 17 3:30 p.m. at NC State ACCRSN L 20–314,032 October 31 7:00 p.m. Charlotte * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCRSN W 53–190 (Behind closed doors) November 7 12:00 p.m. North Carolina ESPN2 L 24–560 (Behind closed doors) November 28 7:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech ACCRSN L 33–5611,000 December 5 8:00 p.m. No. 10 Miami Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 0–480 (Behind closed doors) December 12 4:30 p.m. Florida State ACCN L 35–5614,872 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 24 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time
The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.[1]
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
NR
Coaches
RV
RV
CFP
Not released
Not released
Game summaries [ ] at Notre Dame [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
3
3
7
0
13
No. 10 Fighting Irish
0
10
7
10
27
Boston College [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
7
0
16
3
26
Blue Devils
6
0
0
0
6
at Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
10
0
10
0
20
Cavaliers
0
17
0
21
38
Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hokies
7
3
14
14
38
Blue Devils
7
0
7
17
31
at Syracuse [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
10
14
6
8
38
Orange
7
7
7
3
24
at NC State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
7
13
0
0
20
Wolfpack
0
14
7
10
31
Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
0
7
6
6
19
Blue Devils
17
7
13
16
53
North Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
21
21
7
7
56
Blue Devils
0
10
7
7
24
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